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2025
Press Kit


MEDIA BUZZ

People – May 1 – Carol Shields Prize for Fiction Announces 2025 Winner and $150,000 Award Recipient (Exclusive)

The Canadian Press – May 1 – Canisia Lubrin wins Carol Shields Prize for Fiction for 'Code Noir'

NPR – May 1 – One of literature's most lucrative prizes goes to debut fiction writer Canisia Lubrin

Globe and Mail – May 1 – Canisia Lubrin becomes the first Canadian to win the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction, for her novel Code Noir

Literary Hub – May 1 – Canisia Lubrin has won the 2025 Carol Shields Prize.

CBC Books – May 1 – Ontario writer Canisia Lubrin wins $208K Carol Shields Prize for Fiction

Toronto Star – May 1 – Canisia Lubrin wins Carol Shields Prize for Fiction for ‘Code Noir’

Quill & Quire – May 1 – Canisia Lubrin wins 2025 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction

Kirkus Reviews – May 2 – Winner of the 2025 Carol Shields Prize Announced

Web Wire – May 9 – Canisia Lubrin's CODE NOIR Wins the $150,000 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction

Winner announcement also seen on Publisher’s Weekly, Washington Post’s Book Club Newsletter, The Public’s Radio, Trinidad Express, Vancouver is Awesome, Coast Reporter, The Hamilton Spectator, and elsewhere!

People – April 3 – Miranda July, Sarah Manguso Among 2025 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction Shortlist (Exclusive)

Literary Hub – April 3 – Here’s the shortlist for the 2025 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction

Kirkus Review – April 3 – Shortlist for the Carol Shields Prize Is Revealed

Quill and Quire – April 3 – Dominique Fortier, Canisia Lubrin shortlisted for 2025 Carol Shields Prize

CBC – April 3 – Canadian writers Canisia Lubrin and Dominique Fortier shortlisted for $215K Carol Shields Prize for Fiction

Shortlist announcement also seen on Publisher’s Lunch, Shelf Awareness, AOL, Books+Publishing, and Yahoo UK.

People – March 6 – Miranda July and Rachel Kushner Among Carol Shields 2025 Prize Longlist Nominees — See the Full List! (Exclusive)

The Canadian Press – March 6 – Canisia Lubrin, Anne Fleming among Canadians longlisted for Carol Shields Prize

Quill and Quire – March 6 – Longlist announced for $150K Carol Shields Prize for Fiction

CBC Books – March 6 – Canisia Lubrin and Anne Fleming among longlisted Canadian authors for $216K Carol Shields Prize for Fiction

Toronto Star – March 6 – Canisia Lubrin, Anne Fleming among Canadians longlisted for Carol Shields Prize

Shelf Awareness – March 7 – Awards: Carol Shields Fiction Longlist; Lionel Gelber Nonfiction Shortlist

CBC Books – February 6 – American author Diana Abu-Jaber to chair jury for $215K Carol Shields Prize for Fiction

Quill and Quire – February 6 – Norma Dunning, Kim Fu, Tessa McWatt on 2025 Carol Shields jury